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Paperback. This is the first critical edition of The God of Gods: A Canadian Play by Carroll Aikins. With an abundance of archival material, this volume offers a unique insight into early Canadian theatre and modernism. Editor(s): Wright, Kailin. Series: Canadian Literature Collection. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 202 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Edition
Critical
Condition
New
SKU
V9780776623276
ISBN
9780776623276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.00
€ 25.78

Paperback. Meet Me on the Barricades is a hallucinatory, comic novel about leftism, modernism, and the Spanish Civil War. It features a "guileless" protagonist whose weak heart means that, instead of fighting on the battlefields of Spain, he daydreams about life as a soldier. Editor(s): Vautour, Bart; Robins Sharpe, Emily. Series: Canadian Literature Collection. Num Pages: 148 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 185.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Edition
Critical
Condition
New
SKU
V9780776623689
ISBN
9780776623689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.00
€ 25.61

Paperback. Beyond question Shelley scholars and 19th-century specialists will value this usefully annotated and carefully produced edition; it may also be that anyone would enjoy the stories themselves.. and the accompanying original engravings. -- Diane Johnson, Washington Post. Num Pages: 512 pages, 33, 33 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Maryland
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801842184
ISBN
9780801842184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.59

Hardcover. How did Byron become "Byron"? The author of this text locates one origin of the poet's personae in the dramatic recitations he performed at Harrow School, in this examination of the four critically formative years of Byron's public school experience. Throughout, the poet is recognized in the boy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801863431
ISBN
9780801863431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.50

Hardcover. The author reconstructs the relation of the novel to 19th-century law courts. He argues that the courts, newly fashioned as a site in which to orchestrate voices and reconstruct stories, arose as a cultural presence influencing the shape of the English novel. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801867552
ISBN
9780801867552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.98

The only full-length study of existentialism in America, this highly engaging and original work provides an invaluable guide to the history of American culture since the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18, 17 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HPCF3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801870378
ISBN
9780801870378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.93

Paperback. A collection of essays from feminist critics, each of which explores the history of the English novel, literature's place in cultural debate and women's studies. They begin with the fictions of the late 17th century and end with Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen. Editor(s): Backscheider, Paula R. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801870958
ISBN
9780801870958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.09

Firmly establishing the importance of the topic for understanding eighteenth-century English literature and culture, her work is bound to spur further discussion of the significance of incest discourses in the early modern period and beyond. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801872044
ISBN
9780801872044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.50

David Macey, Jr., " Et in Arcadia Ego?: Thomas Amory, Mary Hamilton, and the (Re)Construction of Arcadia"Howard Irving, "John Marsh and the Ancient-Modern Polemic"Amy Wyngaard, "Revising Rousseau: Young Legrand d'Aussy and the Challenge to Enlightenment Constructions of the Peasantry, 1787-1794" Editor(s): Mostefai, Ourida; Ingrassia, Catherine. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801872563
ISBN
9780801872563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.11

Reading for Storyness combines cognitive science with literary theory to present a compelling argument for the uniqueness of the short story. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801873980
ISBN
9780801873980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.92

Surveying this expanded field of inquiry, Buckley weaves together a coherent formal genealogy of the drama during this period and offers a new, more continuous generic history of modern drama in its first and most turbulent phase of development. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884344
ISBN
9780801884344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.33

Representationalism and its subject mark the beginning of political modernity; Shakespeare's tragedies greet political representationalism with skepticism, bleakness, and despair. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801885044
ISBN
9780801885044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.49

Voluntary association and print culture helped these young New Yorkers, Waterman concludes, to produce a broader and more diverse post-revolutionary public sphere than scholars have yet recognized. Series: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801885662
ISBN
9780801885662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.42

Paperback. Kennedy has long occupied a unique place in American poetry; In a Prominent Bar in Secaucus now offers the first comprehensive collection to span his entire career. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886546
ISBN
9780801886546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.42

Presents essays that share a common concern with investigating Enlightenment categories of historical understanding and determining how these categories helped shape Enlightenment culture. This work addresses the question of how eighteenth-century writers make sense of the past for their own practical, aesthetic, and ideological purposes. Editor(s): Zionkowski, Linda; Thomas, Professor Downing A. Num Pages: 300 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887956
ISBN
9780801887956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.52

The Hidden Adult is a focused and sophisticated analysis of children's literature and a major contribution to the theory and criticism of the genre. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 32. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801889790
ISBN
9780801889790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.84

Hardback. Horace and The Odes are introduced in lively fashion by noted classicist Ronnie Ancona. Translator(s): Kaimowitz, Jeffrey H. Series: Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801889950
ISBN
9780801889950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.72

Hardback. With his keen, original analysis of hitherto untapped literary, iconographical, and archaeological sources, Burgess adds greatly to our understanding of this archetypal mythic hero. Num Pages: 208 pages, 26, 23 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBH; DSC; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890291
ISBN
9780801890291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

Words by the Water is particularly varied and unusually youthful and fresh. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 96 pages, 1, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890642
ISBN
9780801890642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.40

Synthesizing the histories of masculinity, manners, and radicalism, Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates offers a fresh perspective on the eighteenth-century aristocratic male. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890888
ISBN
9780801890888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.71

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